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Jianshi

Syllables: Jian·shi

Jianshi proper noun: a county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.

Proper noun (1)

Jianshi

  1. A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
    • During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution over 200 teeth of the giant ape were found in Chienshih County, Hupeh Province, and Pama County, the Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region.[1975, “The Giant Ape”, in China Pictorial, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44, column 3
    • Farmland in Jianshi county in Hubei province was flooded after the heaviest rainstorm in 36 years, causing landslides, debris flows and power outages. About 60,000 people were affected, according to preliminary estimates.2016 June 3, Nectar Gan, “Storms cause flooding, landslides along Yangtze River in China”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2016, Society

Proper noun (2)

Jianshi

  1. A mountain indigenous township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
    • As a severe cold wave sweeps across Taiwan, snowfall was reported at several locations in the country, including the Mingchih forest recreation area in Yilan County and high-elevation areas in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County.[…]
    • Hsinchu County Councilor Liu Chien-ming (劉建民) told CNA that high-elevation areas in Jianshi Township, such as Llyung, Tayax villages and Lidong Mountain, had seen snowfall Tuesday evening into midnight, but as the moisture was not sufficient, there was no snow cover to speak of.2023 January 25, George Liao, “Snow falls at Mingchih, Jianshi in northern Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2024

Forms of Jianshi

alternative formChienshih
alternative formChien-shih
alternative formKienshih
alternative formJianshih

Origin of Jianshi

Borrowed from Mandarin 建始 (Jiànshǐ) via Hanyu Pinyin.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 尖石 (Jiānshí).

Questions about Jianshi

What does Jianshi mean?
Jianshi means a county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Jianshi?
Jianshi is a proper noun.

Words near Jianshi in the dictionary

  1. Jianli
  2. Jianlu
  3. Jianning
  4. Jianping
  5. Jians
  6. Jianshi
  7. Jianshih
  8. Jianshui
  9. jianshuiite
  10. jiantizi
  11. Jianxi

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